Machine for stiffening hats



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

P. J. MURPHY & A. M. BUNDLE. MAGHINHFOR STIFPENING HATS.

Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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(NO Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 P.'J. MURPHY & A. M.-RUNDLE. MAGHINE FORSTIFFENING HATS.

No. 396,829. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

UNTTE STATES PATENT EEicE.

FRANK J. MURPHY ANT) ANTHONY .M. RUNDLE, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR STIFFENING HATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,829, dated January29, 1589.

' Application filed April 10, 1888. Serial No. 270,172. (No model.)

To all whom it 'nmg concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK J. MURPHY and ANTHONY M. BUNDLE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairfield andState of Connecticut, have in vented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machines for Stiffening Hats; and we do hereby-declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

Our invention has for its ob jeet to carry forward and perfect theinvention covered by our Letters Patent, No. 361,073, dated April 12,1887, so as to adapt the principle of the rotating brush supplied withstiff from the interior to the stiffening of the crowns and bodies ofhats, our present machine as well as the former being equally adapted tothe stiffening of either fur or wool hats. \Vith these ends in view wehave devised the novel construction of which the following description,in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification,numbers being used to denote the several parts.

Figure l. is a side view illustrating the position of the parts justafter the completion of the stiffening of a hat-body, the slide, turningplate, spindle, and conebeing at the retracted position, the hand-leverin section, and the rear end of the bed and slide being broken away toshow the construction; Fig. 2, a plan view illustrating the position ofthe parts just after the operation of stiffening a hat-body hascommenced, the retracted posi tion of the cone being indicated in dottedlines; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section of the cone detached, illustratingthe construction of the clamping device for holding the hatbodies inplace upon the cone; Fig. 4, an end elevation of the bed, slide, turningplate, spindle, and belt-pulley, looking toward the right in Fig. 1, thetripping-lever and link being in section; Fig. 5, a detail view of therear end of the bed, the view being from the opposite side to that inFig. 1 to illustrate the operation of the trippinglever; and Fig. 6 arear elevation of the cone, illustrating the manner in which theclamping device is operated.

1 denotes the bed of the machine, provided in the present instance witha slot, 2; 3, the

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slide, adapted to reciprocate longitudinally in ways i in the bed, and 5the turning plate, which is pivoted to the slide, as at U, and adaptedto swing laterally thereto, as will presently be more fully explained.The slide is reciprocated by means of a link, 7, pivoted at the rear endthereof and to an adjustable crank-pin, 8, on a gear-wheel, 9, journaled at the rear end of the machine. Motion is imparted by means ofa shaft, 10, having a worm engaging the gear-wheel and a beltpulleyadapted to receive a belt (not shown) from a main or counter shaft.

11. denotes the spindle, which is journaled in standards 12 on theturnin plate, and 13 a cone to receive the hat-bodies, which secured tothe forward end of the spindle.

1i and 15 denote, respectively, tight and loose pulleys on the spindle,and 10 a belt extending to a suitable power-shaft (not shown) andpassing around said pulleys alternately. The hat-bodies (denoted by 17)are held in place upon the cone by a strong spring carried by a seriesof arms, 18, curved at their forward ends, the rear ends of said armsbeing pivoted to cars 19, secured at the rear end of the cone. 2Odenotes a stron sprin which lies in the curved forward ends of the armsand surrounds the cone, clamping the hat firmly thereon. The rear endsof arms 18 are connected by rods 21 to ears upon a sleeve, 22, adaptedto slide longitudinally on the spindle. A spline, 23, upon the spindleengages the sleeve and holds it against rotary motion independently ofthe spindle.

Sleeve 22 is operated by means of a hand lever, 24:, which is bifurcatedto engage halfcollars 25, lying in a groove in the sleeve, thehalf-collars being provided with pins engaging slots 26 in the arms ofthe lever. The hand-lever is pivoted to a standard, 27, at the forwardend of the turning plate, the pivotal point of said lever to thestandard being denoted by 28.

29 (see Fig. 6 and dotted lines, Fig. denotes a pin projecting downwardfrom the lever, which engages recesses 27 in the stand This pin, when inengagement with the right recess, serves as a stop for the lever andacts to hold arms 18 and springs 20 at the opened position, so that ahat-body may be removed and another one placed on the cone, as will bemore fully explained.

denotes rollers, one only being shown, journaled in the under side ofthe turning plate, which travel on a curved plate, 31, secured to theslide and projecting outward therefrom, as shown in Fig. This plate inshape is preferably an arc of a circle of which the pivotal point of theturning plate to the slide is the center.

32 denotes a spring, one end of which is socured to the rear end ofplate 31 and the other end to the turning plate, its action being todraw the turning plate and the parts carried thereby forward to theposition shown in Fig. 2 as soon as said plate is released, as willpresently be explained.

is a roller journaled at the edge of the turning plate, which bearsagainst a plate, 34:. This plate is secured in place in any suitablemanner, (not shown in the drawings,) and is provided with an incline,35, down which roller 33 rides as the slide and turning plate movebackward, the action of spring 532 at this instant being to throw thetip of the hatbody upon the cone against the brush, so that the tipitself will be thoroughly stiffened.

30 denotes the brush, which is made in substantially the same manner asin our said former patent, No. 361,073, the essential principle being ahollow shaft or spindle through which the stiffening material issupplied to the brush. This brush, being fully described and claimed inour former patent, is not thought to require description in detail atthis time, the operation being the same as in that patent.

37 denotes a curved plate at the rear end of the slide, which projectsin the opposite direction from plate 31. This plate, also, is preferablymade in an arc of a circle of which the pivotal point of the turningplate to the slide is the center.

38 denotes rollers journaled in the rear end of the turning plate, whichtravel on plate 37 as the turning plate oscillates in use.

39 is a spring at the rear end of the turning plate, upon the left sidethereof, as seen in Fig. 4, which is provided with a shoulder, 40,adapted to engage the edge of the slide, as is clearly shown in Figs. +1and 5.

41' is a plate at the rear end of the bed. at

the left, as seen in Fig. 4:, to which the trip ping-lever 42 ispivoted. The forward end of this lever passes under the projecting endof spring 39, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and is held at its normalposition by a spring, .43, one end of which is connected to said leverand the other to a standard, 44, projecting upward from any suitableportion of the frame-work.

45 (see Fig. 2) is a pin projecting from the inner side of gear-wheel 9,which is adapted to engage the rear end of the tripping-lever, forcingit downward and raising the forward end, thereby lifting the projectingend of spring 39 and disengaging shoulder from the edge of the slide.Pin is preferably made continuous with crank-pin S, that being thesimplest way in which to construct the parts, and also to provide forchanges of adj ustment when required.

It will of course be apparent that in stiffening the various sizes andgrades of hat-bodies it will be necessary to stiffen farther down uponthe brims of some sizes than others.

In order to-accomplish this adjustment in the simplest manner possible,we have made the crank-pin adjustable in a slot in gear-wheel 9. Thisbeing a common means of adjustment, detailed description is notrequired. In order, however, that slight changes in the adjustment maybe made without the necessity for adjusting the crank-pin, we haveprovided a series of adjusting-arms, 40, whichare pivoted to a bracket,47, upon the forward standard 12. These arms are adapted to pass betweena collar, 48, on the spindle and the forward journal-box of saidspindle,.whieh we have designated as if).

In order that the spindle may be held firmly in position, so that thestilfening action will commence at the same distance from the tip ofeach hat-body, we provide a spring, 50,

which bears against a collar, 51, at the rear end of the spindle andagainst the rear journal-box, denoted by 52. Suppose that in usin themachine it desired that the stiffening should not commence quite fardown upon the hat body as formerly. The spindle is pushed forwardagainst the power of spring 50, and one or more of the adj Listing-armsto are turned over upon the spindle, so as to lie between. collar 48 andthe forward journalbox, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Should it be required that the stiffening be placed farther down uponthe hat-body, the spindle is forced forward and one or more of theadjusting-arms are turned backward out of the way. Should still furtheradjustment of the cone relatively to the brush be required, it iseffected by adjustment of the crank-pin, thereby increasing or lesseningthe throw of the slide. The operation is as follows: The movement of thegear-wheel which causes the reciprocation of the slide and turning plateis of course continuous. \Vhen the parts are at their retractedposition, as shown in Fig. 1, belt 16 is upon. the loose pulley, so thatthe cone is not rotated thereby. The brush of course is keptcontinuously in rotation. \Vhile the cone is at the retracted position,the sleeve, arms, and spring 20 being still in the position shown inFig. 2, hand-lever 24 is raised to disengage pin 29 from the left recess27, and is then swung toward the right and the pin engaged in the rightrecess 27, thereby forcing sleeve 22 toward the left, which drawsdownthe rear ends of arms 18, lifting their forward ends and distendingspring 20. This allows the stiffened hat-body to be removed from thecone and another body to be placed thereon. This operation in practicerequires TOO less time than it takes to describe it. As soon as the newhat-body is in position on the cone, the lever is lifted again todisengage the pin from the right recess and is swung toward the left, asin Fig. 2, and the pin engaged in the left recess, thepin and recessesactingto lock the lever at the two extremes of its movement. As thelever requires to be pretty stilt, we pivot it loosely to standard 27,as shown in Fig. 2. As soon as the lever has been swung toward theleft,as just described, spring 20 contracts upon the hat-body, as shown,thereby holding it firmly in position. By this time the forward movementof the slide and turning plate will have already comnlenced. As soon assaid parts are at the extreme of their forward movement, which isdefinitely determined by the zuljnstment of the cranlepin, as alreadydescribed, pin 4-5 will engage the tripping-lever, raising its forwardend, which disengagcs spring 39 from the edge of the plate and allowsspring to draw the turning plate, cone, spindle, &c., to the positionshown in full lines in Fig. 2--tha-t is, so as to place the hat-bod y tobe stiijfcned in contact with the brush. lefore the slide and turningplate shall have reached their extreme forward position belt to willhave passed from the loose pulley upon the tight pulley aml the spindleand cone will have been placed in rotation, they being preferably causedto rotate in. the opposite direction from the brush. The stiffening of ahatbody commences at the instant the slide and turning plate are at theextreme of their forward movement and the turning plate has been swungbackward, carryin g the hat-body upon the cone against the brush, andthe operation is completed during the baclnvard movement of said parts.As already explained, roller 33 rides down incline just as the tip ofthe hat reached, which causes the cone to be swung still fartherforward, so that the tip itself is placed in contact with the brush andthoroughly. stiffened. will have passed upon the loose pulley and therotation of the spindle, cone, &c., will cease. The operator now, bymeans of lever 2%, draws the tnrningplate, spindle, cone, &c., againstthe power of spring 32 over to the position shown in Fig. l and indotted lines in Fig. 2, the rollers at the opposite ends of the turningplate traveling on plates 81. and 37. As soon as the plates are at theirextremeposition toward the front, (see dotted lines, Fig. 1,) theshoulder on spring 39 will engage the edge of the slide, as in Fig. 4,and lock the parts in this position while the stiffened hats body isremoved and another one placed upon the cone, already explaine'l. Assoon as the moving parts have again reached their for ward position,tripping-lever 42 will again disengage the shoulder on spring 339 fromthe edge of the slide, and spring 32 will act to draw the turning plateforward and place the hat-body on the cone in contact with the brush.These operations are continuously rely this time the belt.

peated, the sizing of each hat-body requiring but an instants time andbeing performed in the most thorough manner possible.

It will of course be understood that the various details of ctmstruction maybe varied to an almost unlimited extent without departing from theprinciples of our invention.

\Ve claim- 1. The combination, with a stiffen lug-brush, of a rotarycone by which the hat-bodies are carried and a reciprocating slide uponwhich the cone is ,journaled.

2. The combination, with a rotating stil't'en ing-brush, of a rotarycone by which the hatbodies are carried, a reciprocating slide uponwhich the cone is journaled, and a spring, 3", acting to hold the conein contact with the brush.

5. The combimttion, wit h a sti ffcning-brush, of a rotary cone by whichthe hat-bodies are carried, a spring, 30, by which they are heldthereon, and a recipi ocating slidc upon which the cone is journaled.

4C. The spindle having at its forward end a cone to receive thehat-bodies and a sliding sleeve, 22, in combination with arms 18,pivoted at the rear end of the cone, a spring, 20, at the forward endsof the arms, and rods connected to the rear ends of the arms and to thesleeve, whereby when said sleeve. is moved away from the cone thetbrward ends of the arms are lifted, thereby expamling the spring, sothat a hat-body can be removed and another substituted.

5. The spindle having a cone at its outer end to receive hat-bodies, asliding sleeve, and a spline for holding said sleeve against rota tionindependently of the spindle, in combination with arms pivoted to thecone, a spring carried by the forward ends of the arms, and rodsconnecting the rear ends of the arms with the sleeve.

6. The spindle having a cone at its outer end and a sliding sleeve, incombination with arms pivoted to the cone, a swing engaging the forwardends of the arms, rods connecting the rear ends of the armswiththesleeve, and a lntnd-lever for naming said sleeve.

7. The spindle having a cone at its outer end and a sliding sleevehaving a groove, in combinatitm with arms pivoted to the cone, a spring,20, carried by the arms, half-collars engaging the groove in the sleeve,rods connecting the arms with the sleeve, and a bifurcated leverengaging the h alf-collars, whereby the sleeve is reciproeated to expandthe arms.

8. The spindle having a cone at its outer end to receive hat-bodies anda sliding sleeve, in combination with arms pivoted to the cone and.curved urnvard at their forward ends, a spring lying in the curved endsof the arms, and rods connecting the rear ends of the arms with thesleeve.

0. The combination, with the spindle having a cone at its outer end,arms pivoted to said cone, a spring, 20, and a sliding sleeve on thespindle, of rods connecting the rear IIO ends of the arms with thesleeve, a standard having recesses 27, and a bifurcated lever pivoted tosaid standard and engaging the sleeve and having a pin, 29, engagingsaid recesses, whereby the lever is locked at the extreme of itsoscillation.

10. The combination, with the spindlehaving a cone at its outer end,arms pivoted to said cone, a spring, 20, and a sliding sleeve having agroove, of rods connecting the rear ends of the arms with. the sleeve, aspindle having recesses 27*, and a bifurcated lever loosely pivoted tosaid standard, the arms of which engage half-collars in said groove, andhaving a pin engaging said recesses, as and for the purpose set forth.

11. The spindle having cone 13 at its forward end and sliding sleeve 22,in combination with. arms 13, pivoted to cars at the rear end of thecone, a spring surrounding the cone and engaging the forward ends of thearms, and rods connecting the rear ends of the arms with the slidingsleeve, whereby the forward ends of the arms are lifted, therebyexpanding the spring, so that hat-bodies may be removed and placed inposition to be acted upon.

12. The con'ibination, with the brush, cone, and spindle, oflongitudinally-reciprocating slide 3, turning plate 5, pivoted theretoand carrying the spindle, spring 32, acting to draw slide 5, thespindle, &c., toward the brush, and spring 39, having a shoulder whichacts to lock the turning plate at its retracted position.

13. The combination, with the brush, cone, and spindle, oflongitudinally -reciprocating slide 3, the turning plate pivoted theretoand carrying the spindle, spring 32, acting to draw the turning plate,spindle, &c., toward the brush, spring 39, acting to lock the turningplate at its retracted position, and tripping-lever 4C2, acting torelease spring 39, so'

that spring 32 can act to draw the turning plate forward, therebyplacing a hat-body upon the cone in contact with the brush.

1%. The combination,with the spindle, cone, and turning plate havingstandards in which the spindle is journaled, of. the reciprocating slideto which the turning plate is pivoted, wheel 9, having a crank-pin, anda link connecting said crank-pin with the slide.

15. The combination, with the spindle, and the turning plate havingstandard, in which the spindle is journaled, of slide 3, to which. theturning plate is pivoted, gear-wheel 9, having a crank-pin, a linkconnecting said crank-pin to the slide, and rotating shaft 10, having aworm engaging wheel 9, substantially as described.

1b. The reciprocating slide, the turningplate pivoted thereto, and aspindle and cone journaled 011 said turning plate, in combina tion withthe stiffening-brush and spring32, acting to draw the turning plateforward, so that a hat-body upon the cone will be acted upon by thebrush, a spring, 39, at the rear end of the turning plate, having ashoulder engaging the edge of the slide to hold the turning plate at itsretracted position, and tripping lever 42, which releases the turningplate, thereby placing the hat-body upon the cone in contact with thebrush.

17. The cone and spindle carried by the turning plate, the slide towhich the turning plate is pivoted, spring 32, acting to draw theturning plate forward, and spring 39, acting to hold it at its retracled position, in combination with tripping-lever 42, wheel 9, having acrank-pin to which the slide is connected, and a pin, :45, actinguponthe tripping-lever to disengage spring 39, as and for the pur pose setforth.

18. The reciln'ocating slide, the turning plate pivoted thereto, spring32, acting to draw the turning plate forward, and spring 39, acting tolock it at its retracted position, in combination with thetripping-lever acting to release spring 39, spring 43,101' returning thetripping -lever to its normal position, and wheel 9, havingapin whichengages said lever at each revolution, as and for the purpose set forth.

19. The brush, the reciprocating slide, the turning plate pivotedthereto and carrying the cone and spindle, and spring 32, acting to drawthe turning plate forward, in combination with plates 3] and 31, securedto the slide, and rollers in the turning plate which travel on plates 31and 37.

20. The reciprocating slide having plate 31, the turning plate pivotedto said slide and carrying the spindle and cone, and a spring, 32, whoseopposite ends are secured to plate 31 and to the turning plate, incombination with spring 39 upon the turning plate, having a shoulderengaging the slide to lock the turning plate in its retracted positionagainst the power of spring 32. i

21. The brush, the reciprocating slide, the turning plate pivoted to theslide and carrying the spindle and cone, and provided with a roller, 33,in combination With plate 34, having an incline, 35, and spring 32,acting to hold saidroller in Contact with plate 34:, so that during thereturn movement of the parts roller 33 will ride down the incline,thereby placing the tip of the hat in contact with the brush.

22. The reciprocating slide, the turning plate pivoted thereto, andspring 32, acting to draw the turning plate forward, in combination withthe spindle journaled 011 the turning plate, belt 16, and fast and loosepulleys on the spindle, over which said belt passes, whereby saidspindle is caused to rotate during the backward movement of the slideand to remain stationary during the forward movement thereof.

23. The combination, with the stiffeningbrush, the reciprocating slide,the turning plate, springs 32 and 39, and the trippinglever, of thespindle journaled upon the turn ing plate, and fast and loose pulleys,and the IIO cone upon said spindle, whereby when the parts have reachedtheir forward position the turning plate is released and swung forward,placing the hat-body upon the cone in contact with the brush, in whichposition it remains during the backward movement.

24. The combination, with the brush, the slide, the turning plate,springs 32 and 39, and the trippi n g-] ever, of the spindle and con ejournaled on the turning plate, plate 3i, having incline 35, and roller33, engaging plate 34, whereby when the tip of the hat-body is reachedduring the operation of sti l'lening the roller will ride down theincline, thereby swinging the turning plate farther forward and placingthe tip in contact with the brush.

25. The combination," with the brush, the turning plate, and the spindlejournaled in boxes 49 and 52, and having collars 4:8 and 5], ofadjusting-plates 46, adapted to liebetween collar 41 and journal-box.49, and spring 50, bearing against collar 51 and journal-box 52,whereby said spindle may be adjusted rela tively to the brush to placemore or less of the hat-body in contact therewith during the 7 operationof stiffening.

20; The combination, with the brush, the cone, means, substantially asdescribed, for retaining hat-bodies thereon, and the spindle, of thereciprocating slide, the turning plate pivoted thereto and havingbearii'lgsin which the spindle journaled, a spring acting to hold theturning plate at its retracted position, a trippinglever acting torelease the turning plate at a predetermined time, and a spring actingto draw the turning plate torward when released, so that the hat-bodyisplaced in contact with the brush.

27. The combination, with the brush, the cone, means, substantially asdescribed, for retainin hat-bodies thereon, and the spindle, ot' thereciprocating slide, the turning plate pivoted thereto and havin bearinin which the spindle is journaled, a spring acting to hold the turningplate at its retracted position, a tripping-lever acting to release theturning plate at a predetermined time, and a spring acting to draw saidslide forward when released.

28. The combination, with the brush, the cone, means, substantially asdescribed, for retaining hat-bodies thereon, and the spindle, of thereciprocating slide, the turning plate pivoted thereto and havingbearings in which the spindle is jonrnaled, a spring acting to hold theturning plate at its retracted position, a tripping-lever acting torelease the turning plate at a predetermined time, a spring acting todraw the turning plate forward when released, plate 34, having incline35, and roller 33, engaging said plate and incline, as and for thepurpose set forth.

29. The brush, the reciprocating slide, and the turning plate pivotedthereto and carrying a spindle and cone, in combination with springs 32and 39, trip1.)ing'leve1' 42, clamping mechanism whereby the hat-body isheld upon the cone, and hand-lever 2-1, for operating said clampingmechanism and for drawing the upper slide to its retracted positionagainst the power of spring 232.

30. The ctnnbination, with the brush, the slide, the turning plate,springs 32 and 39, and the tripping-le\er, ot' the cone and spindle,elamping-spring 2t), arms for distending said spring, a sliding sleeveupon the spindle, rods connecting said arms with said sleeve, and ahandlever for operating the sleeve, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix. our sign atu res in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK J. MURPHY. ANYlllONY M. RUN DLE. 'itnesses:

LEVI K. hlANSFIELD, N. T. BULKLEY.

